2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs Sri Lanka
{{date|April 16, 2007}}

[[w:Australia cricket team|Australia]] have beaten [[w:Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]] by seven wickets in the Super 8 phase of the [[w:2007 Cricket World Cup|World Cup]] at [[w:Queen's Park, Grenada|Queen's Park]], [[w:St. George's, Grenada|St. George's]], [[w:Grenada|Grenada]]. Both teams had qualified for the semi-final stage of the competition before the match.

Sri Lanka faltered early in their innings, struggling to 27-3. [[w:Chamara Silva|Silva]] (64) and [[w:Mahela Jayawardene|Jayawardene]] (72) shared a fourth-wicket partnership of 140 to help Sri Lanka to 167-4. However wickets fell regularly after that, losing their next five wickets for just 17 runs, before [[w:Malinga Bandara|Bandara]] and [[w:Farveez Maharoof|Maharoof]]'s late stand of 34. [[w:Nathan Bracken|Nathan Bracken]] was the pick of the Australian bowlers, taking 4/19.

Australia were never troubled by the modest target and a bowling attack missing [[w:Muttiah Muralitharan|Muttiah Muralitharan]], [[w:Chaminda Vaas|Chaminda Vaas]] and [[w:Lasith Malinga|Lasith Malinga]]. They reached the target of 227 in 42.4 overs for the loss of just three wickets. [[w:Ricky Ponting|Ricky Ponting]] was Australia's top scorer with 66 off 80 balls while [[w:Andrew Symonds|Andrew Symonds]] scored 63 off 71 balls. Sri Lanka's best bowling performance came from [[w:Russel Arnold|Russel Arnold]] with 2/20.

'''Toss:''' Sri Lanka won, and elected to bat first.

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'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-26 (Jayasuriya, 4.3 ov), 2-27 (Sangakkara, 5.3 ov), 3-27 (Tharanga, 6.4 ov), 4-167 (Silva, 37.2 ov), 5-174 (Jayawardene, 39.4 ov), 6-178 (Dilshan, 41.0 ov), 7-183 (Arnold, 42.4 ov), 8-184 (Kulasekara, 43.3 ov), 9-218 (Bandara, 49.0 ov), 10-226 (Maharoof, 49.4 ov)

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{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Glenn McGrath|Glenn McGrath]]|overs=9|maiden=1|runs=48|wickets=2|econ=5.33}}
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{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Andrew Symonds|Andrew Symonds]]|overs=3|maiden=0|runs=15|wickets=0|econ=5.00}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Michael Clarke (cricketer)|Michael Clarke]]|overs=8|maiden=0|runs=36|wickets=0|econ=4.50}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

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{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Ricky Ponting|Ricky Ponting]]|status=not out|runs=66|balls=80|4s=4|6s=1|strike_rate=82.50}}
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{{Cricket match batsman status|player='''Total'''|status=('''3 wickets'''; 42.4 overs)|runs='''232'''|balls=|4s=22|6s=5|strike_rate=}}
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'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-76 (Hayden, 11.5 ov), 2-79 (Gilchrist, 13.3 ov), 3-126 (Clarke, 23.1 ov)

'''Did not bat:''' [[w:Brad Hodge|B J Hodge]], [[w:Michael Hussey|M E K Hussey]], [[w:Brad Hogg|G B Hogg]], [[w:Nathan Bracken|N W Bracken]], [[w:Shaun Tait|S W Tait]], [[w:Glenn McGrath|G D McGrath]]

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{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Farveez Maharoof|Farveez Maharoof]]|overs=7|maiden=0|runs=52|wickets=0|econ=7.42}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Nuwan Kulasekara|Nuwan Kulasekara]]|overs=4|maiden=0|runs=20|wickets=0|econ=5.00}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Russel Arnold|Russel Arnold]]|overs=4|maiden=0|runs=20|wickets=2|econ=5.00}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Malinga Bandara|Malinga Bandara]]|overs=9.4|maiden=0|runs=53|wickets=1|econ=5.48}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Sanath Jayasuriya|Sanath Jayasuriya]]|overs=6|maiden=0|runs=32|wickets=0|econ=5.33}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Tillakaratne Dilshan|Tillakaratne Dilshan]]|overs=6|maiden=0|runs=19|wickets=0|econ=3.16}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

'''Australia:''' [[w:Adam Gilchrist|A C Gilchrist]] (wkt), [[w:Matthew Hayden|M L Hayden]], [[w:Ricky Ponting|R T Ponting]] (capt), [[w:Michael Clarke (cricketer)|M J Clarke]], [[w:Brad Hodge|B J Hodge]], [[w:Michael Hussey|M E K Hussey]], [[w:Andrew Symonds|A Symonds]], [[w:Brad Hogg|G B Hogg]], [[w:Nathan Bracken|N W Bracken]], [[w:Shaun Tait|S W Tait]], [[w:Glenn McGrath|G D McGrath]]<br>
'''Sri Lanka:''' [[w:Upul Tharanga|W U Tharanga]], [[w:Sanath Jayasuriya|S T Jayasuriya]], [[w:Kumar Sangakkara|K C Sangakkara]] (wkt),  [[w:Mahela Jayawardene|D P M D Jayawardene]] (capt), [[w:Chamara Silva|L P C Silva]], [[w:Tillakaratne Dilshan|T M Dilshan]], [[w:Russel Arnold|R P Arnold]], [[w:Farveez Maharoof|M F Maharoof]], [[w:Nuwan Kulasekara|K M D N Kulasekara]], [[w:Malinga Bandara|C M Bandara]], [[w:Dilhara Fernando|C R D Fernando]]

'''Player of the match:''' [[w:Nathan Bracken|N W Bracken]] (Australia)

Umpires: [[w:Aleem Dar|Aleem Dar]] (Pakistan) and [[w:Billy Doctrove|B R Doctrove]] (West Indies)<br>
TV umpire: [[w:Mark Benson|M R Benson]] (England)<br>
Match referee: [[w:Mike Procter|M J Procter]] (South Africa)<br>
Reserve umpire: [[w:Daryl Harper|D J Harper]] (Australia)<br>

== Sources ==
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Australia have beaten Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at Queen's Park, St. George's, Grenada. Both teams had qualified for the semi-final stage of the competition before the match.

Sri Lanka faltered early in their innings, struggling to 27-3. Silva (64) and Jayawardene (72) shared a fourth-wicket partnership of 140 to help Sri Lanka to 167-4. However wickets fell regularly after that, losing their next five wickets for just 17 runs, before Bandara and Maharoof's late stand of 34. Nathan Bracken was the pick of the Australian bowlers, taking 4/19.

Australia were never troubled by the modest target and a bowling attack missing Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga. They reached the target of 227 in 42.4 overs for the loss of just three wickets. Ricky Ponting was Australia's top scorer with 66 off 80 balls while Andrew Symonds scored 63 off 71 balls. Sri Lanka's best bowling performance came from Russel Arnold with 2/20.

'Toss:' Sri Lanka won, and elected to bat first.

'Fall of wickets:' 1-26 (Jayasuriya, 4.3 ov), 2-27 (Sangakkara, 5.3 ov), 3-27 (Tharanga, 6.4 ov), 4-167 (Silva, 37.2 ov), 5-174 (Jayawardene, 39.4 ov), 6-178 (Dilshan, 41.0 ov), 7-183 (Arnold, 42.4 ov), 8-184 (Kulasekara, 43.3 ov), 9-218 (Bandara, 49.0 ov), 10-226 (Maharoof, 49.4 ov)


'Fall of wickets:' 1-76 (Hayden, 11.5 ov), 2-79 (Gilchrist, 13.3 ov), 3-126 (Clarke, 23.1 ov)

'Did not bat:' B J Hodge, M E K Hussey, G B Hogg, N W Bracken, S W Tait, G D McGrath

'Australia:' A C Gilchrist (wkt), M L Hayden, R T Ponting (capt), M J Clarke, B J Hodge, M E K Hussey, A Symonds, G B Hogg, N W Bracken, S W Tait, G D McGrath
'Sri Lanka:' W U Tharanga, S T Jayasuriya, K C Sangakkara (wkt),  D P M D Jayawardene (capt), L P C Silva, T M Dilshan, R P Arnold, M F Maharoof, K M D N Kulasekara, C M Bandara, C R D Fernando

'Player of the match:' N W Bracken (Australia)

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and B R Doctrove (West Indies)
TV umpire: M R Benson (England)
Match referee: M J Procter (South Africa)
Reserve umpire: D J Harper (Australia)
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